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ATENT FFICE,

ALTON L. FRENCH, OF BROCKTON, MASSAUIIUSlCTTS.

STEAM-TRAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 787,366, dated April 18, 1905.

Application filed January 20, 1904. Serial No. 189,808.

Be it known that 1', ALTON L. FRENCH, a citizen ot' the United States ot' America, and a resident ot' Brockton, in the county ot' Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and uset'ul Improvements in Stean1-'l`raps, ot' which the following is a specitication.

'lhis invention relates to steam-traps, and particularly to that class of traps which have a iioat working in the water ot' condensation to actu-ate the discharge-regulating' valve; and it consists in providing a steam-trap with two water seals t'or the more effective operation of the trap; and it also consists in providing a sediment-ehamber in which the sediment conveyed to the trap from the steam-inlet will be collected and prevented from passing into the float-chamber to prevent the operation of the valve.

1t Further consists in certain novel features ot' construction and arrangement otl parts, which will be readily understood by reference to the description ot' the drawings and to the claims to be hereinafter given. l

Ot' the drawings. Figure 1 represents a sectional elevation ot' the steam-trap embodying' this invention, and Fig'. 2 represents a sectional plan ot' the same, the cutting' plane being on line Q 2 on Fig. 1.

Similar characters designate like parts throughout both lignres ot' the drawings.

.ln the drawings, 1l) represents a casing' ot' a trap to which steam enters through an inlet 11. An outlet-valve l2 is provided in the opposite end ot' the trap, said valve being Opel'- ated by a bell-crank lever 13, having' secured to its longer arm a tioat 11, which is raised and lowered by the water condensed within said trap to operate the valve 12 to open and close the same, as desired.

From the bottom of the casing 10, near the inlet end, extends upward a partition 15, reaching' nearly to the top ot said casing. On either side ot' the partition 15 partitions 16 extend trom the top of the trap nearly to its bottom. The partition 15 divides the trap into two chambers-a sediment-chamber 17 and a float-chamber 15S-these chambers 17 1S communicating at the top at 19. These chambers 1T 18 are again divided by the partitions 16, extending' nearly to the bottom ot said chambers, and in said chambers water is maintained to a level higher than the communieating passages in said partitions 16. This necessitates the steam entering from the inlet 11, passing' downward in the chamber 1T, around the partition 16, upward and through the passage 19, into the chamber 1S, where it again passes downward and around the partition 16 into the larger part otl the chamber i8, in which the float 11 operates to open and close the valve 1Q.

The steam in passing through the chambers 17 18, around the partition 1li, is obliged to twice pass through the water maintained in said trap, thereby making its operation much more eli'ective. The bottom ot' the sedimentchamber 1T is provided with a valve Q0, through which the sediment collected in said chamber is permitted to be drained ott.

Heretofore in steam-traps the sediment is permitted to pass throughout the trap and often gets into the valve 1Q, preventing its effective operation and sometimes cuts the valve-seat to such an extent as to make it useless. This is entirely obviated by the partition 15, which prevents any sediment from passing' into the float-chamber 1S and interfering with the proper operation of the valve 12.

Air-cocks 21 are mounted in the upper side ot' the casing' 10 and communicate with the chambers between the partitions 15 1G 16 and the steam-inlet, permittingthe exit ot' air from these chambers to prevent any undue resistance thereby.

By this invention a trap is produced which is very eli'ective in operation owing to its two water seals and on account ol its separate sediment-chamber is less liable to get out ot' order than traps new in general use.

Having thus described my invention, I claim-- 1. ln a steam-trap, the combination ot' two partitions extending from the top nearly to the bottom, an intermediate partition extending' from the bottom nearly to the top thereof, a steam-inlet, an outlet-valve, and a float for operating said valve.

2. In a steam-trap, the combination et' two IOO partitions extending from the top and provided with an opening at the bottom ends, an intermediate partition extending from the bottom and provided with an opening at its upper end, an inlet-opening, an outlet-opening, a Valve closing one of the openings, and a float for operating said valve.

3. In a steam-trap, the combination of four chambers two pairs of which communicate at one end and each pair communicating with the other at the opposite end, an outlet-valve, a oat for operating said valve, and a steam-inlet communicating with the closed end ot' the chamber most removed Jfrom said outlet-valve.

4. In a steam-trap, the combination of two partitions extending from the top nearly to the bottom, an intermediate partition extending from the bottom nearly to the top and Jforming thereby four communicating chambers, a steam-inlet communicating with the closed end of an outer chamber, an outletvalve, and a float to operate said valve.

5. In a steam-trap, the combination ot' two partitions extending from the top nearly to the bottom, an intermediate partition extending from the bottom nearly to the top and forming thereby four communicating chambers, a steam-inlet communicating with the closed end of an outer chamber, and an aircocl communicating with the closed end of a chamber between said partitions.

6. In a steam-trap, the combination of two partitions extending from the top nearly to the bottom, an intermediate partition extending from the bottom nearly to the top and forming thereby four communicating chambers, a steam-inlet communicating with the closed end of an outer chamber, an outlet- Valve from the opposite chamber, and a pivoted lioat for operating said valve.

7. In a steam-trap, the combination with a steam-inlet, an outlet-valve and a iioat to operate said valve, of two water seals intermediate said inlet and outlet.

8. In a steam-trap, the combination of two chambers communicating at the top, a partition extending from the top nearly to the bottom otl each of said chambers, avsteam-inlet communicating with the closed end of one of said chambers, an outlet-valve in the other chamber and a oat for operating said valve.

9. In a steam-trap, the combination of an outlet-valve, a float for operating said valve, a steam-inlet, a sediment-chamber at the inlet end, a valve-chamber at the outlet end, and a partition between said sediment-chamber and said valve-chamber.

lO. In a steam-trap, the combination of an outlet-valve, a float for operating said valve, a steam-inlet, a sediment-chamber at the inlet end, a valve-chamber at the outlet end, a partition between said sediment-chamber and valve-chamber, and means for drawing off the sediment from said chamber.

11. In a steam-trap, the combination of a partition dividing said trap into two chambers communicating at the top, a steam-inlet communicating with one of said chambers, a partition extending downwardly into the inletchamber, an outlet-valve, and a float for operating said valve.

12. In a steam-trap, the combinationof a partition extending from the top and dividing said trap into two chambers communicating at the bottom, a steam-inlet communicating with one of said chambers, and a partition extending from the bottom nearly to the top of said inlet-chamber and outlet-valve, and a float for operating said valve.

13. In a steam-trap, the combination ot two partitions, a plurality of chambers containing water separated by a partition extending upwardly from the bottom thereof, an outletvalve, a iioat for operating said valve, and a steam-inlet so situated that the steam from the latter will pass to said outlet through said chambers and the water therein contained.

14. In a steam-trap, the combination of four chambers, two pairs of which communicate at one end and each pair communicating with the other at the opposite end, an outlet-Valve` a tloat for operating said valve, and a steaminlet communicating with one ot' the chambers removed from said outlet-valve.

15. In a steam-trap, the combination of four chambers, two pairs of which communicate at one end and each pair communicating with the other at the opposite end, an outlet-valve, a lioat for operating said valve, and a steaminlet so situated that the steam therefrom passing to the outlet-valve will pass through all four chambers.

16. In a steam-trap, the combination of an outlet-valve, a fioat for operating said valve, a steam-inlet, awater-seal chamber located adjacent to said steam-inlet, and a second water seal interposed between said chamber and said outlet-valve.

Signed by me at Boston, Massachusetts, this 11th day of January, 1904.

ALTON L. FRENCH.

Witnesses:

WALTER E. LOMBARD, MARSHALL UNDERwooD. 

